This post covers Civil Rights Movement, as detailed below.
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Mass Media
Define mass media, explain its various forms today, and explain 3-4 the roles a free media are to play in a democracy like the US. Then, evaluate how well today’s media achieves those democratic expectations. How has the decline of print media, media convergence, corporatization, the diversification of social media, etc., promoted or undermined the democratic potential of a free media? Does our media today make people better, more effective democratic citizens or encourage us to be docile subjects. Back your position with rational argument, evidence and examples.
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Mass Movement
Choose a mass movement (Civil Rights Movement, the Women's Movement, or Black Lives Matter). Define mass movement and examine the movement for the 5 elements of a mass movement. Give two or more examples of each element for the mass movement being examined. What, if any, element appears to be missing? Then, which was most important to the movement and achieving its goals and why? Explain.
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